Games like Citystate II
If Citystate II is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tropico 6, Citystate and Dissent on Mars — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its ideological governance matters, atmospheric and challenging. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.
Get personalized picks →About Citystate II: Create your own Nation, build cities and bring prosperity to your people. Citystate II is a unique city-builder featuring realistic economics and complex political options. Slums or skyscrapers, experiment and bring about your vision of the ideal society.
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Steam players who put hours into Citystate II also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.
Tropico 6
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Citystate II.
Top pick for Citystate II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Citystate II.
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
Citystate
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Citystate II.
Second-strongest match for Citystate II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Citystate II.
Create a 21st century micro-nation and experiment with economic and political ideals. Futuristic skyscrapers or spreading slums, the Nation relies on your economic and city planning skills.
Dissent on Mars
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Citystate II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Citystate II.
A sci-fi life sim where you create new societies unlike anything on Earth. Design your economy and government, build your colony, and experience your choices firsthand by living as a colonist. Will your society become a living utopia, or another dystopia?
Tropico 7
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Citystate II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Citystate II.
Get rich or die trying! In Tropico 7, you step into El Presidente’s shiny boots again to build your island nation and – literally – move mountains. As glorious leader you guide your loyal citizens (and your Swiss Bank Account) through the ages toward untold prosperity.
Democracy 4
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Citystate II.
Ranked #5 for Citystate II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Citystate II.
Democracy 4 lets you take the role of President / Prime minister, govern the country (choosing its policies, laws and other actions), and both transform the country as you see fit, while trying to retain enough popularity to get re-elected...
Tropico 4
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Citystate II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Citystate II.
The world is changing and Tropico is moving with the times - geographical powers rise and fall and the world market is dominated by new players with new demands and offers - and you, as El Presidente, face a whole new set of challenges.
NIMBY Rails
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Citystate II.
Ranked #7 for Citystate II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Simulation with Citystate II.
Design and run your own railroads for the real world. Solve global transportation dilemmas. Unleash your inner railway engineer and transit policy manager.
Urban Empire
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Citystate II.
Ranked #8 for Citystate II fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Citystate II.
Urban Empire is a ‘City Ruler’, pioneering a new breed of strategy game that combines city builder features with political scheming and adds profound social and historical events into the mix, creating a whole new gameplay experience.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Citystate II at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Citystate II on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Citystate II.
Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Priced ~44% under Citystate II on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Citystate II.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
People Playground
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Citystate II on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Citystate II.
Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.
Balatro
WHY THIS
Priced ~52% under Citystate II on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Citystate II.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Citystate II on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Citystate II.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Kerbal Space Program
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Citystate II on Steam right now. Shares Simulation with Citystate II.
In Kerbal Space Program, take charge of the space program for the alien race known as the Kerbals. You have access to an array of parts to assemble fully-functional spacecraft that flies (or doesn’t) based on realistic aerodynamic and orbital physics.
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Citystate II on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Citystate II.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~68% under Citystate II on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Citystate II.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Citystate II.
Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Citystate II.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Our Life: Beginnings & Always
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.
missed messages.
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Citystate II.
‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.
NGU IDLE
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Citystate II.
NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Simulation with Citystate II.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
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Frequently asked about Citystate II
- Does Citystate II work on Steam Deck?
- Citystate II is currently rated Unsupported on Steam Deck. It may not launch or may have significant issues that block normal play.
- How much does Citystate II cost?
- Citystate II is listed on Steam at 24.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Citystate II?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Citystate II are Tropico 6, Citystate, Dissent on Mars.
- Who developed Citystate II?
- Citystate II was developed by Andy Sztark.
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